Classification of IAM Products and Overview of ForgeRock IAM Solution

Zubair Mulla, Sangeeta Nagpure
2016 International Journal of Engineering Research and  
Today people around the world are connected through Internet to maintain communication, access and exchange information, contact family and friends. Now-a-days we have gone a step forward to adapt Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things in our day-to-day life. When world is migrating towards Internet of things then there is a communication between Identities of people and the different electronic gadgets. It becomes mandatory for the organisation to secure Identities while implementing
more » ... ternet of things so that Identities would not be forged and used to connect to Gadgets. The User Provisioning and Access to different resources play a vital role in this age of connected world. The organisations are adapting to Cloud Computing due to its Service and Delivery Models. It becomes important for the Organisations to not only think about the Data Security but also the User Life Cycle of its employee. The Organisations are taking IT-Security into considerations due to the rising no of Cyber Attacks in this connected world. Identity and Access Management is one of the Pillars of IT-Security. Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are the prime focus when one thinks of security. When Cloud is used as the service model then organisations have to focus on security to secure the customer data from the outside world. Then Identity and Access Management Solution help them to secure their customer data. Different organisations have different requirements and workflow and thus it becomes difficult for them to get the right solution implemented into their environment. This paper focuses on the different categories of the IAM solutions into the market. This paper also gives an overview of the ForgeRock IAM solution which is Open Source and how it can be beneficial for the organisation in comparison to the various products in the market.
doi:10.17577/ijertv5is120101 fatcat:edroecgsvzc67i4mmft6g3plku